Título: Beyond Requirements: Analysis with an Agile Mindset
Autor: Kent J. McDonald
Sinopse: Satisfy Stakeholders by Solving the Right Problems, in the Right Ways In Beyond Requirements, Kent J. McDonald shows how applying analysis techniques with an agile mindset can radically transform analysis from merely "gathering and documenting requirements" to an important activity teams use to build shared understanding. First, McDonald discusses the unique agile mindset, reviews the key principles underlying it, and shows how these principles link to effective analysis. Next, he puts these principles to work in four wide-ranging and thought-provoking case studies. Finally, he drills down on a full set of techniques for effective agile analysis, using examples to show how, why, and when they work. McDonald's strategies will teach you how to understand stakeholders' needs, identify the best solution for satisfying those needs, and build a shared understanding of your solution that persists throughout the product lifecycle. He also demonstrates how to iterate your analysis, taking advantage of what you learn throughout development, testing, and deployment so that you can continuously adapt, refine, and improve. Whether you're an analysis practitioner or you perform analysis tasks as a developer, manager, or tester, McDonald's techniques will help your team consistently find and deliver better solutions. Coverage includes Core concepts for analysis: needs/ solutions, outcome/output, discovery/delivery Adapting Lean Startup ideas for IT projects: customer delivery, build-measure-learn, and metrics Structuring decisions, recognizing differences between options and commitments, and overcoming cognitive biases Focusing on value: feature injection, minimum viable products, and minimum marketable features Understanding how analysis flows alongside your project's lifecycle Analyzing users: mapping stakeholders, gauging commitment, and creating personas Understanding context: performing strategy (enterprise) analysis Clarifying needs: applying decision filters, assessing project opportunities, stating problems Investigating solutions: impact and story mapping, collaborative modeling, and acceptance criteria definition Kent J. McDonald uncovers better ways of delivering value. His experience includes work in business analysis, strategic planning, project management, and product development in the financial services, health insurance, performance marketing, human services, nonprofit, and automotive industries. He has a BS in industrial engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from Kent State University. He is coauthor of Stand Back and Deliver: Accelerating Business Agility (Addison-Wesley, 2009).
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Beyond Requirements: Analysis with an Agile Mindset”, de Kent J. McDonald, publicado pela editora Addison-Wesley Professional, em 2015 e com 304 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Addison-Wesley Professional
Páginas: 304
Ano: 2015
Edição: 1
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780321834553
ISBN13: 9780321834553
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Os livros da editora Addison-Wesley Professional oferecem uma experiência de leitura focada em tecnologia e desenvolvimento de software, com textos que exploram desde fundamentos teóricos até práticas avançadas. As obras costumam apresentar explicações detalhadas, exemplos práticos e estudos de caso, com ênfase em linguagens de programação, arquitetura de sistemas, metodologias ágeis e segurança. O ritmo varia entre abordagens técnicas densas e guias passo a passo, sempre com linguagem clara e orientada para profissionais e estudantes que buscam aprofundamento. O catálogo traz títulos que equilibram conteúdo conceitual e aplicação direta, atendendo tanto a quem prefere material mais narrativo quanto a quem busca referências técnicas rigorosas.
